Amazon

company

About

Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.

Details

Last Funding Type
Post-IPO Equity
Last Funding Money Raised
$100M
Industries
Crowdsourcing,Delivery,E-Commerce,Retail
Founded date
Jul 5, 1994
Number Of Employee
10001 - max
Operating Status
Active
Stock Symbol
nasdaq:AMZN
Legal Name
Amazon.com, Inc.
Also Known As
Amazon.com, Amazon.com, Inc.
Sub-Organizations
Twitch Zoox

Amazon is an international e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators. It offers users merchandise and content purchased for resale from vendors and those offered by third-party sellers.

Operating in North American and International markets, Amazon provides its services through websites such as amazon.com and amazon.ca. It also enables authors, musicians, filmmakers, app developers, and others to publish and sell content via its branded websites.

Amazon also provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online platform that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store. In addition, it provides co-branded credit card agreements and advertising services, serves developers and enterprises through Amazon Web Services, and manufactures and sells electronic devices.

It offers Amazon Prime which is an annual membership program. It provides free shipping, streaming, and access to books to borrow and read on a Kindle device.

The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
3
$162M
Amazon has raised a total of $162M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 24, 2001 from a Post-IPO Equity round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jul 24, 2001 Post-IPO Equity $100M 1 Detail
May 15, 1997 IPO $54M Detail
Jun 1, 1996 Series A $8M 1 Kleiner Perkins Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
124
62
Amazon has made 124 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 19, 2022, when Gilbane, Inc raised $16M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Dec 19, 2022 Gilbane, Inc
Debt Financing $16M Commercial Real Estate Yes
Oct 22, 2022 Orglance
Series B $500K Freelance Yes
Oct 6, 2022 Electra
Series Unknown $85M Energy
Jul 6, 2022 Grubhub
Post-IPO Equity E-Commerce Yes
Jun 27, 2022 Bykea
Series Unknown $10M Apps Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
2
Amazon is funded by 2 investors. Kleiner Perkins and AOL are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Kleiner Perkins Yes Series A
AOL Post-IPO Equity

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
1116
Amazon has 1116 current employee profiles, including Employee Peter DeSantis
Employee
Executive
Executive
Executive
Executive

Exits

Amazon has had 29 exits. Amazon most notable exits include Rivian ,   Aurora

Date Company Name Exit Type Industry
Nov 10, 2021 Rivian IPO Automotive Detail
Nov 4, 2021 Aurora IPO Automotive Detail
Oct 26, 2021 Shuttl M&A Apps Detail
Oct 1, 2021 IonQ IPO Computer Detail
Mar 31, 2021 Deliveroo IPO Delivery Detail

Acquisition

Amazon has acquired 97 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Telebook on Apr 27, 1998. They acquired Telebook for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Apr 27, 1998 Telebook
E-Commerce acquisition Detail
Apr 27, 1998 IMDB
Content Detail
Aug 4, 1998 PlanetAll.com
Internet acquisition Detail
Aug 4, 1998 Junglee
E-Commerce acquisition Detail
Oct 15, 1998 Bookpages
E-Commerce Detail